Neolithic and later prehistoric structures, and early medieval metal-working, at Blairhall Burn, Amisfield, Dumfriesshire

Authors

  • Richard Strachan
  • Ian Ralston
  • Bill Finlayson
  • C M Clarke Contributor
  • T G Cowie Contributor
  • B A Crone Contributor
  • I Cullen Contributor
  • F Hunter Contributor
  • A Sheridan Contributor
  • C R Wickham-Jones Contributor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.55.94

Keywords:

Palynological Analysis, Metalworking, Industrial Debris, Ceramics, Pottery, Burnt Mounds, Stone Axehead Flake, Cannel Coal, Burnt Mound Material

Abstract

Discusses excavations which revealed evidence for multiple phases of activity including two burnt mounds, two round-houses, part of a probable ring-groove structure which may be a platform house and a metal-working area, with the main foci on the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and early medieval periods. There are specialist contributions on: ceramics from all periods in the `Pottery report' by Trevor Cowie (70--5); `Coarse stone artefacts' by Caroline R Wickham-Jones (75--7); `Chipped stone' by Bill Finlayson (77--8); `Stone axehead flake' by Alison Sheridan (78--9); `Cannel coal 'napkin ring'' by Fraser Hunter (79--82); `Burnt and industrial debris' by Irene Cullen (82--3); and `Palynological analysis of burnt mound material' by Ciara Clarke (84--6).

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Published

30-11-1999

Issue

Vol. 128 (1999)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Neolithic and later prehistoric structures, and early medieval metal-working, at Blairhall Burn, Amisfield, Dumfriesshire. (1999). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128, 55-94. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.55.94